Good wheeled battery charger?

[aaronrkelly]

Ive had a Schumacher benchtop charger for almost 20 years - works great, automatic.....never let me down.

.....but I occasionally need more UUUMPH. It didnt have enough POWA so start my skid loader this winter.

Anyone have a suggestion for a wheeled unit....maybe with a 200a engine start or something.

Looks like from review on Amazon the Schumacher units got more computerized and perhaps less reliable?

 

[HenryAZ]

Associated Equipment makes some nice made in the USA battery chargers. I have one of their bench top units. They have several larger wheeled models, like the Model ESS6008MSK, which has 60 amp charging and 270 amp crank assist, and a memory saver port. It also works as a 70 amp power supply. The meter on it is analog.

 

[senlow]

+1 for Associated. High quality chargers, made in USA.

 

[aaronrkelly]

Ok.....this Associated units look incredibly nice....but whoa, they are pricey.

Thinking those are way over kill for my hobby garage purposes.

 

[JeepJohn62]

Those things are built like a high power welder. Must have a transformer the size of a car battery!

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[senlow]

Ok.....this Associated units look incredibly nice....but whoa, they are pricey.

Thinking those are way over kill for my hobby garage purposes.

Buy once, cry once. It will last a lifetime.

 

[jocww]

I have an old sears one old being 10 years old works pretty well.

 

[Farmall 1066]

+1 on Associated brand.
Got 2 of them that just keep on working...

 

[HenryAZ]

The Associated Intellimatic series are smart chargers, meaning they stage the charge process and drop to float when done. You can leave it connected indefinitely on float.

 

[bonneyman]

Associated Equipment makes some nice made in the USA battery chargers. I have one of their bench top units. They have several larger wheeled models, like the Model ESS6008MSK, which has 60 amp charging and 270 amp crank assist, and a memory saver port. It also works as a 70 amp power supply. The meter on it is analog.

I'm all for an American built, heavy duty charger.

Would that be a commercial, service station model? Would a weekend DIYer use all those features?

 

[u2slow]

Many of these larger models have a 'cranking' mode, which is handy. But the problem is some of them are timed or load-sensing, so that on a diesel, the mode will not persist through the glowplug/pre-heat cycle.

You may want to avoid these types if you have a diesel.

 

[Knotgoalie]

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